GUITAR TIPS
Let's face it: Playing air guitar in front of the mirror is fun when you're 14, but not so much when you're 34. Why not learn how to play the real thing? This site gives the beginning guitarist lots of tips and feedback. It also offers a forum for more accomplished musicians, too.

Paramount/Courtesy Everett CollectionWith a little time and a few odds and ends, you can turn on your heart light just like Tony Stark.

I AM IRON MAN
I've got some good news and bad news if one of your first thoughts after watching "Iron Man" in theaters was: "Where can I get one of those cool chest arc reactor lights that Tony Stark wore under his T-shirt?" (Well, technically, it was imbedded in his chest, but that was movie magic.) The bad news is, you can't buy one. The good news is, this site tells you how you can make one. Don't procrastinate, Halloween is only four months away.

TEENAGER ADVICE
There might be no stranger beast that roams the land than the American teenager. With their constantly fluctuating hormones, a parent never knows what or who will come through the door next. Let this site give you some help. It's sponsored by iParent and offers articles, talkbacks and tips galore on reining in your tortured teen, or, at the very least, keep you from snapping and inadvertently thinning the adolescent herd.

NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK
This site is geared to kids in grades three through 12, but it offers a lot of information and facts that any adult yearning for knowledge would be interested in. Take a look at news summaries, a word of the day and historical facts. Surf it for a few seconds, and you might leave a little smarter.

MATH PLAYGROUND
Math AND fun. Two words that most non-mathemeticians would be hard pressed to put together. But this site hopes to change that. Fool your math-hating children by having them try out some brain teasers and other games involving, yes, math. It's as easy as 1, 2..., uh, 3.